A Madison film critic went to Park City Utah to experience last week's Sundance Film Festival. We get his take on the latest crop of indie films and what trends to look for in the coming year of movie-watching.

A Wisconsin woman filed a lawsuit against Pop Warner youth football in federal court this week, alleging the league her son played in was responsible for brain trauma that contributed to depression and dementia that plagued him throughout his life, eventually resulting in his suicide in 2012.

Governor Walker's budget proposal makes significant changes to the Department of Natural Resources, including freezing land stewardship purchases until 2028 and take away the policy setting of the Natural Resources Board.

University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says he doesn't yet know how the $300 million in funding cuts for the university proposed in Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget would be spread across the system's 26 campuses.

New numbers released on Friday by the U.S.D epartment of Labor show gains in wages and job growth in the country. The report shows that some 257,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in January, a rate that exceeded Wall Street predictions. The latest numbers continue a 12-month span...

The Wisconsin Idea got a lot of attention this week after it was discovered that the new executive budget had removed it from the University of Wisconsin's mission statement. It's a principle dating back to the founding of the university itself, and according to historian John Buenker it contributed to...

A police union that regularly backs Gov. Scott Walker and other conservative candidates is endorsing challenger James Daley in the race for state Supreme Court. Rock County Judge Daley is running against 20-year incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. The Milwaukee Police Association has endorsed Daley, saying he has a history...

Gov. Scott Walker's newly proposed biennial budget has been met with a fair amount of criticism, including from two retired state senators who say Wisconsin's educational systems will suffer should the governor's proposals be approved.

As the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs investigates allegations that a medical center in Tomah has consistently over-prescribed narcotics, a group of patients and staff are calling for an independent agency to look into the facility instead, saying they don't trust the federal process.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank told the UW Board of Regents on Thursday that headlines from the past week involving Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal will prompt other universities to poach her best faculty.